Five years ago, Samira Ishaq left her house in Kano to work in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, tracing a route pursued by tens of millions of Nigerian migrants.
She borrowed almost N800,000 from relatives and engaged a local recruitment agent that bought her flight ticket, secured a work visa, and promised her a job.
Separated from her husband a decade ago, she thought the only way to escape the constant pressure of getting married again was to go far away from home. Barely a year after moving to Riyadh, Ms Ishaq repaid the agent and since then, has shared the money she is making in Saudi Arabia with her father and siblings to look after themselves.
